As a regular restaurant reviewer (it’s a hard life) one has to watch one’s weight (ahem).

So what to do? Two courses or three? Well, if you share it doesn’t really count as one course does it?

So share we did. My partner Sian and I tucked into a large (sorry, waistline) dish of Nachos (£8.50). These tortilla chips were fully loaded with salsa de gallo, chilli con gueso and smeared in oozing melted cheese, rich and creamy.

There was a dollop of sour cream and some chunky slices of jalapeños. It was a mains really, not a starter. I had more than my fair share of the chillis.

For the mains I went for the California Burrito (£12.50) with the sweet and smoky BBQ pulled pork and chicken. The 12in tortilla was stuffed full of onions, peppers, grated cheese, rice and guacamole.

It was served with skin-on wedges, sour cream, salad and a pot of refried beans. The filling was sweeter than I expected but spicy with it. The sour cream provided the contrast. Loved the refried beans too. Overall another proper portion.

Sian’s Lamb Burger (£13.50) came speared through the middle with a wooden handled knife. The lamb patty is seasoned with cumin and the burger is stacked with pulled lamb, feta cheese, a huge pepper, tomatoes, gherkins and dirty sauce (not sure what that is but tastes as good as it sounds).

The Lamb Burger at Gringo's Mexican Smokehouse in Huddersfield.

It came with sweet potato fries, which were lovely, and corn on the cob. All good.

So what of the dessert? We were pretty full by this stage. Toffee Crunch Dime Cake, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough...the Frozen Malteser? All £4.50 by the way.

Sian was sitting this out but I needed the Frozen Malteser.

“Would you like anything else?” asked the waitress. “Oh, yes.”

But the Malteser was off. “It’s been really popular this weekend,” she apologised.

I’d set my heart on it and was a bit gutted. So gutted I swerved the other desserts and drowned my sorrows in a cappuccino.

But, let me tell you, the cappuccino was creamy and mild and one of the best I’ve had in a while. I usually like my cappuccino a little bitter but I could be converted by one of these.

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Where we ate in Summer 2018

This is the sort of place people love returning to and come for special occasions. There were two birthdays in while we were there – and the birthday boys (one was 40!) left with huge sombreros, even bigger grins and imaginary moustaches I wouldn’t wonder.

Gringo’s is a place to feast the eyes, feed the imagination – and enjoy the food.